INTERNATIONAL: The National Football League has fined the Green Bay Packers and two of the team's players, including quarterback Aaron Rodgers for violating COVID-19 protocols. A $300,000 fine for the team while $14,650 each for the two players including Aaron Rodgers.

The fines, were handed down a week after Rodgers, a three-time NFL Most Valuable Player, tested positive for COVID-19 and later admitted he misled people about his vaccination status. Green Bay Packers quarterback, Aaron Rodgers says, “Yeah, I've been immunized. You know there's a lot of conversation around the league and a lot of guys who have made statements and not made statements. Owners who have made statements. There are guys on the team that haven't been vaccinated. I think it's a personal decision."

Rodgers and team mate Allen Lazard, who is also unvaccinated, were fined for attending a Halloween party despite protocols that prohibit unvaccinated players from gathering outside of the club facility in a group of more than three players. While the Packers did not sanction the party the NFL says they were fined for the event since they were aware of it after it took place and did not discipline Rodgers or Lazard and failed to report their violations to the league. The violations also included Rodgers not wearing a mask during news conferences.

^{PHOTO: FILE OF GREEN BAY PACKERS QUARTERBACK AARON ROGERS STATEMENT IN AUGUST SAYING THAT HE HAD BEEN "IMMUNIZED" ALONG WITH TRAINING FILE}